This week, after seeing a lot of the DMV enhancements made in SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1, I thought I would take a look at some dynamic management view/function requests.
Page split personality Michael Zilberstein blogged on Monday about how Extended Events and the transaction log differ in the way they report page split information, and that it ...

In a previous post about changed system objects in Denali, I talked about the changes to memory-related DMVs due to underlying changes in the memory manager. The SQLOS team has posted a great introduction to these changes, and they plan to post more details in future posts. In the meantime, and due to a question yesterday from Tom ...

Earlier, I documented the system objects that have changed in Denali. One that caught my eye was a slew of new columns made available through sys.databases, mostly to support a feature I also blogged about recently, contained databases. Consider the following simple query:
SELECT * FROM sys.databases;
Yes, this ...

While it's still only the CTP1 timeframe, getting a glimpse of the changes in system objects can start preparing you for what's coming - especially when there are potential breaking changes, as you'll see below. Sure, a few of these things can change (and hopefully be fixed!) as the product gets closer to release, but once you have the ...